Bernard Gepken

In 2023 Bernard Gepken was awarded with the cultural prize in his hometown Emmen for his “longstanding selfless commitment to make others shine troughout his work”. As a producer, songwriter, mixer and multi-instrumentalist he helps to find and explore an artist’s voice and message -and it’s possibilities. For Bernard Gepken, it’s not about the singing, but about the singer. Not about the guitar, but about the player. Not about the instrument itself, but the person and their story behind it. Always in favor of the message and showing the humanity in it, in a time when so much of this seems to be brushed away. With his first projects as a producer (after 15+ years of working as a session guitarist), he made albums for emerging indie artists. Recordings that sonically meet the standards of the current time, but have the expressiveness, feel and soul of the best in music history.